Mar 28

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Mar 28, 2018 Week: 13\ Day: 88

86004 Today: H 49° \ L 23° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Wind ave.:   6mph\Gusts:  15mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest Lightning:  130 miles away

Record High: 68°[1971]   Record Low: -7°[1975]

Mar Averages: 46°\19°

Today’s Quote

Painting from nature is not copying the object;

it is realizing one's sensations.

   Paul Cezanne

Harper’s Index

1:6-Ratio of summer vacation cottages

         to permanent swellings in Finland

Observances This Week

20-4/5

National Cherry Blossom Festival

24-4/1

World Irish Dancing Week1

25-31

Holy Week
International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
National Cleaning Week
National Protocol Officer's Week
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
National Physicians Week Link

Observances for Today

Barnum & Bailey Day
Something on a Stick Day

Virtual Advocacy Day Link
Weed Appreciation Day Link
Whole Grain Sampling Day  

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

≈Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

800’s                                            

≈845 Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving

1700’s                                          

≈1794 Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)

1799 New York State abolishes slavery

1800’s                                          

≈1845 Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US

1866 1st ambulance goes into service

1881 "Greatest Show On Earth" was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey

1885 US Salvation Army officially organized

1900’s                                          

≈1930 Turkish cities Constantinople & Angora change their names to Istanbul & Ankara

≈1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco

≈1944 Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle & begins writing "Pippi Longstocking"

1946 Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.

≈1959 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government & installs Panchen Lama

≈1960 Pope John XXIII appoints the first Japanese, African & Filipino cardinals

≈1960 Scotch whisky factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters in Glasgow, Scotland

≈1967 UN Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam

1977 49th Academy Awards: "Rocky", Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway win

1990 Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game

1990 US President George H. W. Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal

2000’s                                          

≈2013 Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to wash the feet of women in the Maundy Thursday service

≈2014 Russia increases the price of gas to the Ukraine by 80%

v2017 World's largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 meters found in Kimberley, Western Australia

2017 US President Donald Trump signs Energy Independence executive order undoing Obama climate-control measures

My Rambling Thoughts

I got a call yesterday that saddened me. A friend lost his 41-year-old son to a heart attack. Both father and son are well-known artists in the US. I have known the dad over 40 years, and the son all his life. They traveled together to many art shows. Jr. was becoming as well-known as his father in the past few years.  Just got a call that the funeral will be Friday. One never knows when their time is up.

Finally got all my tax info, I hope, and took them in to my tax preparer. Should know soon how I came out. Not holding my breath. Can’t complain ‘cause I am living a good life, but I do get upset about Medicare cost rises. Just doesn’t seem right.

My new internet is nice. It is noticeably faster, especially for Netflix.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@90- August A. "Gussie" Busch, Jr.,

American brewing magnate and

American baseball executive,

born in St Louis

(d. 1989)

80’s

@86- Jay Livingston,

composer (Buttons & Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy)

(d. 2001)

82- Amancio Ortega,

Spanish businessman and

one of the wealthiest people in the world,

(founder of the Inditex fashion group),

born in Busdongo de Arbás, Spain

@81- Marlin Perkins,

American TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom),

born in Carthage, Missouri

(d. 1986)

@81- Edmund Muskie,

American politician (Sen-D-Me) and

US Secretary of State (1980-81),

born in Rumford, Maine

(d. 1996)

70’s

75- Conchata Ferrell,

actress (Deadly Hero, Susan-LA Law)

74- Rick Barry,

Basketball forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors),

born in Elizabeth, NJ

73- Rodrigo Duterte,

Philippines politician, President of the Philippines (2016-),

born in Maasin, Leyte

@71- Henry Schoolcraft,

American geographer and geologist,

studied Native US tribes

(d. 1864)

60’s

@68- Maxim Gorky [Alexei Maximovich Peshkov],

Russian playwright and author

(Mother and The Lower Depths),

Park named after him

born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

(d. 1936)

63- Reba McEntire,

country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues)

40’s

48- Vince Vaughn,

American actor (Swingers, Wedding Crashers),

born in Minneapolis, Minn

30’s

37- Julia Stiles,

American actress (Bourne series, Save the Last Dance),

born in NYC

32- Lady Gaga [Stefani Germanotta],

American singer-songwriter (Bad Romance),

born in NYC

Historical Obits Today

80’s

@88-2012 Earl Scruggs,

American bluegrass musician

@88-2006 Caspar Weinberger,

US Secretary of Defense

@84-1958 W. C. Handy,

American composer and musician

known as the "Father of the Blues"

(Memphis Blues, St Louis Blues)

@82-2004 Peter Ustinov,

British actor, author, journalist, comedian and broadcaster

(Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd)

@80-1979 Emmett Kelly,

circus clown (Weary Willy)

70’s

@78-1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower,

34th US President (R, 1953-61) and WWII general,

congestive heart failure 

@75-1712 Jan van der Heyden,

Dutch inventor (street lantern)

@74-2004 Art James,

American game show host

natural causes

60’s

@64-1953 Jim Thorpe (Wa-Tho-Huk),

versatile Sac & Fox athlete (Olympic gold-1912),

heart failure

50’s

@59-1941 Virginia Woolf-Stephen [Adeline],

British writer (To Lighthouse),

suicide 

@53-1584 Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible],

Russian tsar (1547-84),

stroke

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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